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Later

Social media management and influencer marketing

Senior Identity Engineer

Security Engineering & ArchitectureUpdated on Nov 14
Full-time$110k - $205kIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • 5–7+ years of experience as a Security Engineer or Software Engineer with a strong security focus.
  • Proven experience building and operating production-grade software, systems, or internal tooling.
  • Strong background in application security, infrastructure security, and secure CI/CD practices.
  • Hands-on experience with identity and access management, including authentication systems, authorization frameworks, and machine-to-machine security patterns.
  • Experience applying security frameworks such as OWASP, NIST, or CIS Controls in real-world production environments.
  • Familiarity with cloud security tooling (AWS Security Hub, Azure Security Center, or GCP Security Command Center), SIEM/SOAR tools, and Infrastructure-as-Code security scanning (Terraform, CloudFormation).
  • Experience supporting compliance frameworks such as SOC 2 and ISO 27001.
  • Familiarity with modern backend systems, including C#, and cloud-native architectures.
  • Demonstrated ability to collaborate cross-functionally and influence engineering teams to improve security outcomes.
  • Ability to translate complex security concepts into clear, actionable guidance.

Responsibilities

  • Assess and continuously improve Later’s security posture across applications, infrastructure, and development workflows.
  • Define and implement scalable security standards, guardrails, and best practices that support compliance through automated and auditable solutions.
  • Partner with Engineering and Product leadership to align security priorities with business objectives and delivery timelines.
  • Own identity and access management across Later’s platform, including authentication, authorization, and secure machine-to-machine processes.
  • Design, implement, and maintain secure authentication systems for internal tools and customer-facing experiences.
  • Harden login systems, establish consistent authentication patterns across services, and ensure secure integration between tools.
  • Build and maintain internal security tooling to support secure development, operational visibility, and compliance workflows.
  • Embed security controls into CI/CD pipelines, including static application security testing, dynamic application security testing, software composition analysis, container scanning, secret management, and secure build and deployment practices.
  • Partner with engineering teams to identify vulnerabilities, communicate risk and impact, and drive remediation.
  • Provide security guidance during system design and architecture reviews.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally to embed security into development workflows while maintaining delivery speed.
  • Translate complex security concepts into clear, actionable recommendations for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Act as a trusted partner to engineering teams, balancing risk mitigation with business enablement.
  • Raise the security bar through standards, tooling, and mentorship; help others improve their security mindset.
  • Stay current on application security, cloud security, and identity best practices.
  • Apply industry frameworks such as OWASP, NIST, and CIS Controls in production environments.
  • Continuously evaluate and improve identity architecture and security automation to scale with the business.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience designing or migrating identity architecture at scale.
  • Experience building internal developer security tooling.
  • Experience working in a high-growth technology environment.

About the Company

Later

Social media management and influencer marketing

Later provides a suite of social media tools for marketers, brands, and influencers, including social media management, influencer campaign automation, and a multi-destination bio link. Its products work together: Later Social Media Management plans and analyzes posts; Later Influence automates influencer outreach and tracks real-time ROI; Later Link in Bio routes traffic from a single profile link to multiple destinations, all via subscription plans. By combining these tools in one platform and offering expert services for large brands, Later differentiates itself from single-solution competitors and aims to deliver measurable returns from social activity. The company's goal is to help marketers generate predictable, data-driven results from social media and build the first Social Revenue platform.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Seed
Total funding
$3.8M
Headquarters
Vancouver, Canada
Founded
2014

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